Meaning & origin
What it means
One Russian interpretation is “a defender of the people.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Russian.
How it developed
Zasha is used as a form of Sasha.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Zasha is a form of Sasha. The history of Sasha gives this family its wider story. Sasha has been used as a familiar form in Russian and as an independent given name in English.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Zasha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 213
- 0 boys · 213 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 16 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 16 in 2009. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 253 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Zasha’s family of names
Zasha is a form of Sasha. Zasha has a related form in Zascha. Zasha has a related form in Zashah.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Zoshavariant
- Zoshiyavariant
- Zashiyavariant
- Zoshahvariant
- Zashahvariant
- Zoshkavariant
- Zoschavariant
- Zashenkavariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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